Definition of Genus saxifraga

1. Noun. Type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Saxifraga

genus Sardinia
genus Sardinops
genus Sarracenia
genus Satureia
genus Satureja
genus Saturnia
genus Sauromalus
genus Saurosuchus
genus Saururus
genus Saussurea
genus Saxe-gothea
genus Saxegothea
genus Saxicola
genus Saxifraga
genus Sayornis
genus Scabiosa
genus Scaphiopus
genus Scaphosepalum
genus Scarabaeus
genus Scardinius
genus Scartella
genus Sceliphron
genus Sceloglaux
genus Sceloporus
genus Schaffneria
genus Schefflera
genus Schinus
genus Schistosoma

Literary usage of Genus saxifraga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Prior, p. 28. (2) Pimpinella Saxifraga, L.—Prior, p. 28. (1) Sagina procumbens, L.—Pratt. (4) 'More particularly the genus Saxifraga."'—Prior, p. 28. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1899)
"Such a group is the genus Saxifraga, which, if current views of the past history of vegetation are correct, probably originated at some point not far from ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"Descriptions of nine new species of the genus Carer, natives of the Himalaya Alps in Upper Nepaul.—Ibid, vol. xiv. Monograph of the genus Saxifraga.—Linn. ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"Such a group is the genus Saxifraga, which, if current views of the past history of vegetation are correct, probably originated at some point not far from ..."

5. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"... NOTES ON THE genus saxifraga. By MR. G. REUTHE, Tottenham. [Bead March 12, 1889.] As the scientific aspects of this genus have already been treated of, ..."

6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"Fie informs us that 1 The old genus Saxifraga is here revised, broken down, and remodelled, witli a view to lessen its intricacy, which every botanist ..."

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